To hear testimony from current EPA employees about alleged cases of reprisal against employees who manage sexual misconduct allegations.

To receive an update from EPA Administrator McCarthy on what actions have been taken to address specific and general sexual misconduct issues examined in the previous April meeting.

BACKGROUND:

In April, the Committee held a hearing examining sexual harassment incidents and the manner in which the Office of the Administrator of the EPA handled them.

Since then, the Committee has become aware of additional sexual harassment incidents in EPA Region 5.

EPA officials who investigated the allegations maintain that, as a result, they suffered reprisals and retaliation for their probes into the incidents.

Earlier this year, the EPA IG investigated instances of employees who were found viewing, in some cases, up to six hours per day of porn at work.

KEY VIDEOS:

Chairman Chaffetz on sexual harassment at EPA: “A predator was fed a steady diet of interns.”

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Rep. Grothman: “(Are) personality flaws perhaps one of the reasons why we have such onerous regulations coming out of the EPA?”Mr. Harris: “You have a culture of arrogance, beyond a shadow of a doubt that you could ever see.”

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Rep. Hice: “What are the options that a person has if they want to identify harassment or they’ve seen something that they want to report, what are the legitimate options given there is a culture of retaliation?”